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M16 - The Eagle Nebula and The Pillars of Creation

The Pillars of Creation is the most famous image taken by the Hubble telescope. I remember seeing the 1995 original photo on a magazine when I was younger, and it was probably at that time that I began to love astronomy. Back when I started Astrophotography last year, without even having a telescope, M16 was very well positioned in the September night sky, but I couldn't capture it with my little tripod and DSLR.After waiting almost a year for our Earth to complete its turn around our sun again, M16 finally re-appeared.

I hope that one day I can afford a CCD camera to be able to redo this target and capture all the nebulosity of the Eagle.

 

 

Canon T3i (600D)

3 minutes exposures - ISO 400

69 lights - Calibrated with 21 Darks and 20 Bias

Orion 8 "Astrograph f / 3.9

Baader MPCC Coma corrector MkIII

Starshoot Autoguider - 50mm Guide Scope

Edited on PixInsight and Lightroom.

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Uploaded on July 12, 2016